2008-10-18 02:45 AM
2009-02-20 06:24 PM
2009-02-20 11:09 PM
owen wrote:
Gergely,
..... However it really should not have taken 8 months to let us know what was going on - this situation with the devkit not providing to update C4D with external model info would have been quite quickly apparent no? Instead we were left completely in the dark with nothing other than 'its Maxon's responsibility'.......
2009-02-21 08:50 PM
2009-02-21 09:01 PM
boacon wrote:raises a very big question indeed ...
I use archicad 11 and C4D 11 and the .ac4d file created by the AC11 exchange add-on works perfectly in C4D11 by the way - exactly as it did in C4D 10 & 10.5.
This raises the question of why, if a file created by the archicad11 add-on can work, regardless of this Maxon "melange" issue, why can't the add-on be updated for AC12?
2009-02-21 09:18 PM
2009-02-22 09:58 PM
2009-02-23 01:23 AM
2009-02-23 12:54 PM
2009-02-24 05:57 PM
Wokka wrote:yes too much work - i think it would be easier to export using the old 3DS method, at least that still gives you the option to save by material instead of the small forest of objects the 'new degraded' version defaults to with no other option. 3DS has its workaround issues too though. The whole point of the Exchange Plugin is to maintain the material mapping so you don't need to do it over and over. The plugin MUST do this at bare minimum.
Steve,
Thanks for the information.
What a huge workaround! Personally I'll just have to stick to R11 ArchiCad and 10.5 C4D....
I wonder if the Allplan and Vectorworks exchange is in the same state??
2009-02-24 11:12 PM
Karl wrote:There is one irrefutable fact we have - Cinema R10.5 does not suffer from this 'melange' issue. It is working with AC as we speak - the C4D-side plugin accepts ArchiCAD geometry exported as an .AC4D from AC11.
...The add-on issue is no different. All kinds of resources change as software evolves .. Recompilation is essential for plug-ins so that they can properly access restructured resources. Sometimes this is a simple matter. Other times, things change enough that some reprogramming is required for the plug-in to interface with the latest version of the software. The business model of the 3rd party developer determines if they want to charge for their recompiled version or not. Graphisoft provides all of the tools for add-on creation and maintenance at no charge. What more would you have them do - simply stop improving the product?